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A detailed study cf thf: ini'orriation r rv-a..:. c. .ac 1',
appears that an a'. rcraTt v;an I'ospo.*../' v. .V.' p . v^.‘
observation. A K-106 v.as neno to ^ ,.r.* ;.o;.‘ /cr ...

pilot reported notriin.; unusual, *. . .. n .v.oar . .i..*-

is believed to be ti;..t of anoth’.:.' . .. 'Lalo, ..wry o..

started to be core exoitod ar.i *'V. ryx.n ^ wa;. p'.ttir. ; i •■.■.>-
the act. *ne investi;;,*. t'n-i oiiic^cr xeexn tna^ tne v.v.;
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Force's radar equipment below certain altitudes at certain distances is
classified information. However, the following stateme‘ht can be made
ivithout disclosing classified information because it involves one of the
combinations of altitude (8,200*) and distance (95 miles) which is ex-
cluded from the area of classified information* There was, beyond any
reasonable doubt, after considering all related factors of distance,
weather, refraction, ect*, an object at or very close to an altitude
of 8,200*.

g. With reference to the tanker operation, it is possible to see
the final approach landing pattern from M-6. Any light from planes
in this area would be very close to the horizon, if they were visible,
because of the topigraphical location of M-6, The following infonna-
tion pertains to landing times of various plan'^s at Minot AFB.

(1) B-52, 060OJ; (2) KC-135, 062?Z, and (3) KC-13^, No other

planes landed between 03302 and 07302, The sighting of the first ob-
ject was rei^orted by A3C Turner at Oi^OOZ, Based on the folloiri.ng fac-
tors; (1) the strike teams arrived at M-6 at approximately 0520Z
(no accurate time is available); (2) the location of the white light
around 100 degrees and very close to the horizon; and (3) and the
movement of the white light between approximately 75 and 110 degrees
(A2C Aldrich's statements) it is the opinion of the undersigned that
there is a very high probability that the v;hite light was in fact one
of the afore-mentioned planes preparing to land at Minot AFB. However,
thers is no way to prove tliis*

3* If I can be of further service to you please feel free to contact me.

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1 Drawing by Turner

2 Radar Log

3 Drawing by Camacho

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ROGSH D. METER, '1st Lt, USAF
Missile Security Operations Officer
862nd Combat Defense Squadron

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(Height Finder)

(Height Finder)

DETAILS 25 August 1966

Received a call rrom A3C Kazmicrzzaka Base
Ops (Operations) Dispatcher @ North Base requesting
the Alt, (Altitude) of a possible UFO (Unidentified
Flying Object) approx (approximately) 360® 75 miles
from Minot AFB (Air Force Base) , Object was
believed to be at first 30 miles high. Advised
North Base that we were unable to detect Alt*s
(altitudes) that high on our Height Finder’s but would
check our search radar. On Search Radar pick-up a
target ® 357® 95 miles from us. Advised North Base of
contact. Object appeared to be larger than a B-^2^
Shape; Round on top, emitting & changing colors^
Green, yellow, red & white. When object seemed Red
in color the object appeared small, but when white
object seemed very, very large. UFO (Unidentified
Flying Object) was seen and reported by personnel at
3 different missile sites.

Reported above info (information) to Sgt (Sergeant)
V/iddows AST (Air Surveillance Technician) 0 sidewalk.
Notified Maj, (Major) Brigham of above info,
(information)

Alfa crew on duty, AlC (Airman First Class) Adell

Conference Loop set up with AST (Air Surveillance
Technician)- Sgt (Sergeant) Widdows & SD (Senior
Director)- Major Barber,

Conference Loop terminated at this time with Sector,

The following is what was reported as it oc cured;

Mike 6 encountering radio interference problems when
objects go close to site,

HF^l pick-up object @ 360® miles 2,Ij.OO, no change
in range or azimuth, Mike 1; reported white object
moving under original,

Mike 6 reported object landed South of November 7*

Object appears to be glowing,

I£F#1 has object @ & changing Alt, (Altitude)

every so often,

Mike 6 personnel who saw object; AlC (Airman First
Class) Norris', A2C (Airman Second Class) Hackenbracht,
AlC (Airman First Class) Hibbs, A2C (Airman Second Class)
Holliday, A3C (Airman Third Class) Aldrich, AlC (Airman
First Class) Griffen,

TSgt (Technicial Sergeant) Garett, A3C (Airman Third
Class) Mueller, A3C (Airman Third Class) Turner,

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Object disappeared from view of Mike 6, but reported
another sighting in general area.

Z-28 had continous search & height contact with possible
UFO (Unidentified Flying Object). Object stays at the
same range, may vary 1° or 2® in azimuth but changes

Alt. (Altitude) from 2,U00 to 8,200,

Strike team sighted an object which appears to be an

A/C (Aircraft) circling Mike 6, ^

Mike U reported 1 object 10 to 1^ miles east of their

site.

Mike 6 reported the same object with a bright light.
Sidewalk scrambled fighter from Minot AFB (Air Force
Base) to investigate.

Fighter has no visual contact with object.

Fighter was controlled by Z-28 (Site Designator) to area
of object on HF#1 (Height Finder) & Search, Height
Operators AlC (Airman First Class) Adell, Search Operator,

Sgt, (Sergeant) Camacho.

All missile sites reported no visual sightings of objects.
Fighter was directly over object painted on Search &
Height, but fighter reports no sightings. Fighters are

going back home.

RKMARKS: All sightings were being reported to Capt

(Captain) Smith, FR?59la inside one of the missile solos
who reported to Base Ops (Operations) A3C (Airman Third
Class) Kazrierzzaka @ Minot AFB (Air Force Base) who
in turn reported to A3C (Airman Third Class) Sedovic &

A3C (Airman Third Class) Hoitela @ Z-28 (Site Designator)
who relayed Info (information) to Sgt. (Sergeant) Camacho
who relayed to sidewalk.

Relieved of further reporting by SD (Senior Director)

@ sidewalk unless if there was any further sightings

or new information*

NOTE: AC - Angel Camacho, SSgt, USAF JW- Initials of AST

(Air Surveillance

Technicians) at 28th

Air Division)

Attatchment #2

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DEPARTMENT OF TKE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS 862NO COMDAr SUPPORT CROUP (SAC)
MINOT AIR EORCE BASE, NORTH DAKOTA S870I

862CDSC

•uRjccTi UFO Sighting of 25 August 1966

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Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
Attn: Major Quintanilla

1. I have been advised by the Base Operations Officer here at Minot
AFB to forward you this report since you are the official releasing
SLuthority for

on this project.

2, All information requested by Dr. Hynek is included in CDSCO-3
letter, dated 4 January 1967,

FOR THE COMMANDER

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DAVID S. WELLS, Major, USAF
Commander

862d Combat Defense Squadron

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1 Letter, CDSCO-3, 4 Jan 67

2 Letter, Dr, Hynek

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

headquarters B62NO COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP (SAC)
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, NORTH DAKOTA 58701

30 AUG idU6

AFSC (FTD)

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio ^5^33

In accordance with AFR 200-2 as changed, the following information
is submitted:

a. Description of the Object( s)

(1) Shape : Round.

(2) Size: At largest point, size of a B52 aircraft.

(3) Color: Red, Greenish yellow, White.

(4) Number: Two (2).

(5) Formation; None.

( 6) None .

(7) None.

(8) None.

(9) None.

b. Description of course:

(1) Bright light in sky.

(2) 45°.

(3) 45°.

(4) Object traveling very slowly back and forth and up and

down. ^Q6th Radar Sq verified movement from 100,000 ft to 4,000 ft,
and from "to 357° N*

(5) Cl imbed out of sight.

(6) Three and one half (si) hours.

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( 1) Ground- Vi sual/Ground-Electronic,

(2) None.

( 3) N/A.

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d. Time and date of sighting:

(1) 25/OllOOZ. JlJkOu

(2) Might.

e. Location of ohserver( s) :

(1) Missile sites four and nine (9) miles North of
CajTpio, NDak and tvo (2) miles West of Grano^ NDak.

f. Identifying information on observer(s):

( 1) n/a.

(2) MUELIER^ MICHAEL D. , A3C^ 862 Combat Defense Squadron^
Headquarters 862 Combat Support Group (SAC), Site Activation Team
member. TURNER, JOHN M., A3C, 862 Combat Defense Squadron, Head-
quarters 862 Combat Support Group (SAC), Site Activation Team mem-
ber.

Weather and Winds:

(1)

Clear.

(2)

WU'JD

DIPECTION/VELOCITr (JCTS)

Surface

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6000 Ft

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10000 Ft

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16000 Ft

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20000 Ft

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d. None

h. None

F-106, assigned Fighter Interceptor Sq^uadron (A
assigned 450th Bomb Wing (906AEEIFS) Minot AFB, NDak

k. SHAW, CHESTER A.) JR., Major, USAF, Base Director of Operations.
Comments; Capt Smith (Missile Combat Crew Commander) on duty at Missile
Site (mike Fit) sixty (60) feet underground indicated that radio trans-
mission was being interrupted by static, this static was accompanied by
the DFO coming close to the Missile Site (MIKE Fit) . When UFO climbed,
static stopped. The UFO appeared to be S.E. of MIKE 6, range undetermined
At 0512Z, UFO climbed for altitude after hovering for 15 minutes. South
Radar base gave altitude as 100,000 feet, N.W. of Minot AFB, HDak. At
this time a strike team reported UFO decending, checked with Radar Site
they also verified this. The UFO then began to swoop and dive. It then
appeared to land 10 to 15 miles South of MEKE 6. "MIKE 6" Missile Site
Control sent a strike team to check. When the team was about 10 miles
from the landing sight, static disruppted radio contact with them. Five
(5) to eight (8) minutes later, the glow diminished and the UFO took off.
Another UFO was visually sighted and confirmed by radar. The one that
'was first sighted passed beneath the second. Radar also confirmed this.
The first, made for altitude toward the North and the second seemed to
dissappear with the glow of red. A3C SEDOVIC at the South Radar base
confirmed this also. At O619Z, two and one half (2^) hours after first
sighting, an P-I06 interceptor was sent up. No contact or sighting was
established. The Control Tower asked the Aircraft Commander of a KC-135
which was flying in the local area to check the area. He reported nothing,
The Radar Site picked up an echo on radar which on checking was the KC-135*
No other sightings. At 0645Z discontinued search for UFO.

1. None

USAF

Base Director or Operation

FTD WORK ORDER

Description of Work: (Include title of unscheduled tasks.)

TITI£: UFO Report

Request analysis as to the probable cause of the Radar return
a. Extensive Analysis
b • Broad
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FTD Form 13, MAY 66

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIOHT-FATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 4S433

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TDEER/Mr. Bryan t/mjb/ 70401
UFO Report

12 Oct 66

TDETR <Maj Quintanilla)

1. This office has no explanation for this Incident. It seems
possible that ball lightning (as discussed In an article on UFO's
by the editor of "Aviation Week") might well cause static sufficient
to Interrupt communications — but not for 3^ hours.

2. It Is suggested that this is an ideal case with
inaugurate the $300,000 contract with the University

JEROME JONES, Colonel, USAF
Elec tr^ics^Dlrec tor ate
Deputy for Technology and Subsystems

which to
of Colorado,

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1, UFO Report dtd
30 Aug 66, 3pp,

DEPARTMEKT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS 862NO COMBAT SUPPORT CROUP (SAC)
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, NORTH DAKOTA $8701

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■UaJKCTt UP'O Sighting of August 1?66

I4 Januery 1967

Toi Dr* J, Allen Hynek
Dearborn Observatory
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois 60201

1. I am answering this letter for Col Lemanski in that he is presently
in the hospital. Upon his initial entry in the hospital serious dis-
orders were suspected, however much to the relief of all of us 700 men
who work with him, everything was found to be perfectly O.K. after an
exploratory operation.

2. With reference to the questions in your letter the following infor-
mation is provided.

a, A3C Turner was taken to the scene of the original sighting (M-6)
by the undersigned. He indicated the following, (O degrees is true
north, 90 degrees true east, 180 degrees true south, and 270 degrees
true west; degrees were interpolated from the directions in which the
subjects pointed by the undersigned).

(1) He observed two objects. The first was a multi-colored
object, which will be described in more detail later. He did not
observe the second dbject until after the strike team arrived and he
described it as "the white light". The first object (the one which
generated his report via radio) was very high and located most of the
time at approximately itO degrees. However, it did move between approx-
ima teljr 0 degrees and 55 degrees, '/hen A3G Turner was asked by the
undersigned how he could be sure that he was pointing in the right
direction he stated that he knew he was pointing in the right direction
because the night he observed the object he used the "back side of the
fence" as a reference point. The back fence is on the north side of
the site.

(2) He noticed the second object after the strike team arrived
and pointed it out to him. He called it the "white light" and stated
that it was very close to the horizon at approximately 100 degrees.
Attachment //I is a dra’/dng made by A3C Turner of the first object. It
represents the image of the object as it passed in front of some clouds.
Light seemed to come from the back side of the object and reflect off
the cloud and thus formed a silhouette, )ne last point made by A3C
Turner was the fact that diortly after the strike team arrived, as he
was trying to watch both the "white light" and the first object, he
lost track of the first object.

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b. A2C Holiday, the strike team leader, was also interviewed by the
undersigned at H-6 during hours of darkness. He provided the following
information. As he and his rider (A3C Aldrich) approached the site they
were watching a “white’* light very close to the horizon at approximately
80 to I'OO degrees. Upon arrival at the site A3G Turner pointed out an
"unusually bright" object at approximately 20 degrees which was very high.
After looking at it for a few moments Airman Holiday turned his attention
back to the "wliite light". He observed the "wliite Light" for some time.
After a while he looked back to the north to find the "unusually bright
object" that A3G Turner had pointed out to him, but he could not find it,

c. A3C Aldrich, the strike team rider, was also intemriewed at M-6
by the undersigned during hours of darkness. The information he provided
was as follovrs. He did not see the first object although he did hear the
other personnel (A3C Turner, A3C Mueller, and A2C Holiday) mention it. He
kept attention on a wiiite object at approximately 100 degrees which was
very close to the horizon. He further stated that the object he was watch-
ing moved botvxeen approximately 75 and 110 degrees. The object also disap-
peared at various times for a^^proximately 30 seconds at a time.

d. A3C Mueller has been on leave since 12 December 1966 and was not
available for questioning,

e. Attacliment #2 is a transcript of the sequence of events recorded
in the log book at south base (radar base), Attacliment /I^3 represents a
pattern of the courses flown by the intercept plane as observed by the
radar observer, SSgt Angel Camacho, Sgt Camacho further stated that the
"object" was on his radar scope continuously from the time he picked it
up until he was relieved at approximately 09002 ulu (3AI'1 Central Standard
time). The extract from the log book is also in Zulu time, which is equal
to Central Standard Time plus six hours. Sgt Camacho stated that the object
in question was "by itself" on his scope in that no other aircraft, ground
clutter, or random "noise" bits viere within 20-30 miles of the object on his
scope except during the period when the fighter was in the area. The
object did not disappear from his scope when the intercept plane flew it's
pattern. The undersigned spoke to Capt Burg, 5th i''ighter Interception
Squadron, who piloted the intercept plane. He advised that he flew in-
tercept courses at, as he remembers it, 1000*, 2000', 3000', UOOO' , and
5000' • Capt Burg further stated that he made no visual contact and that
his plane's radar equipment and infrared detection equipment recorded no
contact. If you wish to have a sequence of events between the intercept
plaiie and the control station (Great Falls Air Defense Sector) it vdll be
necessary for you to ivrite Col Duncan C. Myers, Director of Operations,

Great Falls Air Defense Sector, MaLmstrom AFB, Montana, 59U02. The under-
signed was unable to secure this particular sequence of events,

f. You asked several questions about the capability of radar to
detect an object at 95 miles. It will be necessary to limit the infor-
mation provided on this area because the exact capabilities of the Air

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